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Dana White Appears On ESPN’s Get Up, Addresses Conor McGregor Arrest
If you missed the big news last night, the UFC’s Conor McGregor is in big trouble after an incident at the Barclays Center. McGregor went ballistic in the arena’s parking garage, tossing a dolly through a bus windshield that contained a number of UFC staff and fighters alike (For the video, go HERE). McGregor was arrested and charged with assault for the incident which involved fellow fighter Alex Caceres and injured Michael Chiesa, as well as Ray Borg. All three have since been removed from tomorrow night’s UFC 223 card.
UFC President Dana White appeared on ESPN’s Get Up this morning and addressed the entire situation, which you can see highlights of below:
Dana White tells the @Get_Up crew that Conor McGregor's incident was not a stunt. pic.twitter.com/51iivmrzut
— ESPN (@espn) April 6, 2018
.@danawhite says he was working on a new deal with Conor McGregor before his incident. pic.twitter.com/4va4kSN33o
— Get Up (@Get_Up) April 6, 2018
.@danawhite feels "letdown" by Conor McGregor. pic.twitter.com/WwxjBSo3b1
— Get Up (@Get_Up) April 6, 2018
UFC president @danawhite joined us in studio to talk the Conor McGregor incident. #UFC #GetUp pic.twitter.com/Pv9aguF9FG
— Mike Greenberg (@Espngreeny) April 6, 2018
EA’s Take:Â I was in the camp that this was some kind of work initially, but it’s very clear now that’s not the case and Conor is in some serious trouble. Dana White also mentioned that McGregor will likely be slapped with a number of lawsuits and could come out of this as a convicted felon. I’ve seen a lot of people joke that WWE will be quick to swoop in on McGregor, but I think court proceedings are never quick and the stench of this is going to take some time to wear off.
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Did your picks win points?
The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!
Here are your Gold League standings!
- Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
- Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
- Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
- Rush: 0-1, 0 points
- Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
- Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points
Here are your Blue League standings!
- Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
- Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
- Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
- Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
- Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
- Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete
My Thoughts:
Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.
Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.
In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.
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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”
Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:
Blue League
- Bryan Danielson
- Andrade El Idolo
- Brody King
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Daniel Garcia
- Eddie Kingston
Gold League
- Jon Moxley
- Swerve Strickland
- Rush
- Mark Briscoe
- Jay Lethal
- Jay White
Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:
- Every match has a 20 minute time limit
- The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
- EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action
Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!
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